As to some of the points made in Lauren Ritchie's
Orlando Sentinel article:
I have not met many of the party animals Ms. Ritchie seems to talk about in her article. Many of the Villagers also seem to be involved in politics. The Republicans in the Villages seem the most visible but from what I have read on TOTV there are also quite a lot of Democrats here.
And, I frequently see grandparents with visiting kids. They do seem to like it when they finally put them on their way home though as I expect they get tired out after various trips here and there.
I did look for that card that was supposedly thrown up into the ceiling at the Old Mill Playhouse by the magician. That was until the ticket taker mentioned that if you go through that door you will see it. He meant the Exit door. I just continued on to the movie I was about to see.
I also remember that
The Villages Daily Sun --that media controlled by the developers' iron hand-- actually had an article about me and my attempts to help survivors/victims of crimes back around 2007. This was written by Mr. Gary Corsair about my efforts to get a link to the FL Victim Services Directory within the websites of the Villages' area libraries.
http://myfloridalegal.com/directory
So, Villagers are trying to do something to improve the lives of people in their new community as well as the surrounding ones with a little help from
The Villages Daily Sun. The public library websites I tried to improve were in Lake/Sumter/Marion Counties which covers quite a bit more than just the Villages.